The liues of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octauius Cæsar Augustus: collected out of good authors. Also the liues of nine excellent chieftaines of warre, taken out of Latine from Emylius Probus, by S.G. S. By whom also are added the liues of Plutarch and of Seneca: gathered together, disposed, and enriched as the others. And now translated into English by Sir Thomas North Knight
Contributors: Nepos, Cornelius; Goulart, Simon, 1543-1628.; North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?.
Series: Early English books, 1475-1640 -- 1114:5.
Publisher: By Richard Field
Published: 1602
Place of publication: Imprinted at London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Classical biography -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Lives of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octavius Cæsar Augustus; Lives of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octavius Cæsar Augustus.; Vitæ. English. Selections.
Notes: A translation of a compilation by Simon Goulart of Senlis supplementing Amyot's French translation of Plutarch's "Lives". The nine lives attributed to Emylius Probus are in fact from the "Vitae excellentium imperatorum" of Cornelius Nepos.

The last two leaves are blank. In a variant, issued with STC 20068-20068b, the imprint date is 1603 and the last two leaves begin an index.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

STC (2nd ed.) 20071.

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1967. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1114:5).